One option to consider is using the shipping MSBuild .targets file that has a complete build process for WiX in conjunction with NAnt. Trying to re-construct a build process using individual tasks is often fraught with peril, and using the one that ships with WiX is almost always a better idea.
You would create a .wixproj that uses the MSBuild process for building WiX (a quick way to do this is to create a WiX project in Visual Studio), and then in your nant build script just do <msbuild project="myinstaller.wixproj">. You'll get our well-tested and supported build process for free, yet still be able to use nant as your overall build driver. Neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Latendresse Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:36 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format of the file 'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid. I am using NAnt to build my WiX project. Here is the code: <target name="CreateSetupPackageUsingWiX" description="Create the installer package using WiX Script"> <mkdir dir="${wix.release.dir}"/> <loadtasks assembly="${wix.work.dir}/Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.NAntTasks. dll"/> <candle out="${wix.work.dir}\" cultures="en-us" extensions="WixUtilExtension;WixWixSqlExtension;WixUIExtension" exedir="${wix.dir}\" rebuild="true"> <sources> <include name="SuiteSetup.wxs" /> </sources> </candle> <light out="${wix.release.dir}/SuiteSetup.msi" cultures="en-us" extensions="WixUtilExtension;WixWixSqlExtension;WixUIExtension" exedir="${wix.dir}\" rebuild="true"> <sources> <include name="SuiteSetup.wixobj" /> </sources> </light> </target> Here is the error I am getting: BUILD FAILED - 1 non-fatal error(s), 0 warning(s) D:\Development\SuiteBuild_Development\BuildProcess.build(209,4): Failure scanning \"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\Microsoft. Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.NAntTasks.dll\" for extensions. The format of the file 'Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.NAntTasks.dll' is invalid. Total time: 0.1 seconds. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
